Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Dreaming You Can Get the Returns of Stocks Without the Risk? Dream On – WSJ
- The economics of the Bitcoin payment system – VOX
- Bitcoin futures are about to get another big boost – CNBC
- John Griffin to Shut Blue Ridge Capital Hedge Fund After 21 Years – Bloomberg
- Bitcoin Futures Manipulation 101: How ‘Banging the Close’ Works – WSJ
- Bitcoin consumes more power than all these countries – WEF
- The Hard Math Behind Bitcoin’s Global Warming Problem – Wired
- Turning Coal Into Bitcoin? The Dirty Secret of 2017’s Hottest Market – Bloomberg
- We talked to Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman about tax reform, Trump, and bitcoin – Business Insider
- Billionaire Hedge Fund Manager Having the Worst Year of His Career -Bloomberg
- Bitcoin may now be the biggest financial bubble of all time – CNBC
- How America’s Inequality Is Sending the Dow Soaring – Bloomberg
- World’s Biggest Pension Fund Says AI Will Replace Asset Managers – Bloomberg
- JPMorgan Sees S&P 500 Hitting 3,000, Warns on Tech Stocks – Bloomberg
Americas:
- The Final Version of the G.O.P. Tax Bill Is a Corrupt, Cruel, Budget-Busting Hairball – New Yorker
- Tax Bill Drops FIFO Rule That Could Raise Taxes on Stock Sales – Bloomberg
- What’s in the Final Republican Tax Bill – NY Times
- A Middle-Class Tax Cut? Americans Aren’t Buying It – NY Times
- Final Tax Bill Doesn’t Include ’First-in, First-out’ Stock Sales Rule – WSJ
- This Tax Bill Is a Trillion-Dollar Blunder – Bloomberg
- Why Cash Returning From Overseas Isn’t Likely to Create Jobs—and Might Even Reduce Them – WSJ
- The Mostly Forgotten Tax Increases of 1982-1993 – Bloomberg
- Maps show Thomas fire is larger than many U.S. cities – LA Times
- Four Charts Prove The ’Economic Recovery’ Is Just A Fed-Induced Entitlement Program For The Wealthy – Zero Hedge
- Dwayne ’The Rock’ Johnson: ’Seriously Considering’ Running for President – Rolling Stone
- Koch Brothers Are Cities’ New Obstacle to Building Broadband – Wired
- Tesla largely responsible for slide in U.S. home solar sales: report – Reuters
- The Next Crisis for Puerto Rico: A Crush of Foreclosures – NY Times
Europe:
- The Real Russia Scandal – NY Times
- EU to force firms to reveal true owners in wake of Panama Papers – The Guardian
- EU agrees clampdown on bitcoin platforms to tackle money laundering – Reuters
- FAQ: What happens in Brexit Phase 2? – Politico
- Does Europe Really Need Fiscal and Political Union? by Dani Rodrik – Project Syndicate
Asia:
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- Hong Kong has responsibility to enact national security law, Lam says, pledging to create ‘favourable environment’ for it – SCMP
- Baidu, China Life To Jointly Launch $2.12 Billion Fund To Back Internet And AI Companies – China Money Network
- Myanmar faces mounting calls for release of Reuters journalists – Reuters
- What to do about China’s “sharp power” – The Economist
- China’s HNA Keeps Striking Foreign Deals as Banks Wince and Investors Flee – NY Times
- Death of Man in Skyscraper Fall in China Puts a Spotlight on ‘Rooftopping’ – NY Times
- Chinese woman offered refund after facial recognition allows colleague to unlock iPhone X – SCMP
Trans-Tasman:
- First same-sex marriages take place in Australia – SBS
- World-first solar train now leaving the platform in Byron Bay with zero emissions – ABC
- Penalty rate cut fails to stimulate jobs, survey shows – The SMH
- Royal commission: The abused are many, and so are the dead, but do Church leaders really get it? – ABC
- ‘Costly, ineffective’: report says decentralisation a dud – Canberra Times
- First tram arrives in Canberra – Metro Report
- Royal commission: Decision to block redress for some prisoners put under microscope – ABC
- Alexander delivers huge boost to PM in Bennelong win – Canberra Times
- The end of PM Turnbull, or start of something new? – Canberra Times
- The new crime wave hitting Australia is one of the oldest – Canberra Times
- Inquiry to probe $47 billion government contract spend – Canberra Times
- ‘The momentum state’: Housing boom fills Victoria’s coffers – Canberra Times
- Just who are we letting on NZ’s overseas companies register? – Interest.co.nz
Other:
- World’s Most Expensive Home? Another Bauble for a Saudi Prince – NY Times
- Are Private Schools Immoral? – The Atlantic